Favorite Songs from Favorite Movies

In no particular order. As I 'catch' a new favorite song, this list will be updated accordingly.

Beauty and the Beast
by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
from Beauty and the Beast

Tale as old as time,
True as it can be.
Barely even friends,
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly.
Just a little change,
Small, to say the least.
Both a little scared,
Neither one prepared,
Beauty and the Beast
Ever just the same.
Ever a surprise.
Ever as before,
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise.

Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song.
Bittersweet and strange,
Finding you can change,
Learning you were wrong.
Certain as the sun
Rising in the East.
Tale as old as time,
Song as old as rhyme.
Beauty and the Beast.
Tale as old as time,
Song as old as rhyme,
Beauty and the Beast.

When You Believe
by Stephen Schwartz
from The Prince of Egypt

Miriam
Many night's we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood,
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains
Long before we knew we could

Miriam (chorus)
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

Tzipporah
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proved in vain
Hope seemed like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
With heart so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

Miriam and Tzipporah (chorus)

Hebrew Children
A-shir-ra la-do-nai ki ga-oh ga-oh
(I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously)
A-shir-ra la-do-nai ki ga-oh ga-oh
(I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously)
Mi-cha-mo-cha ba-elim adonai
(Who is like You, oh Lord, among the celestial)
Mi-ka-mo-cha ne-dar-ba-ko-desh
(Who is like You, majestic in holiness)
Na-chi-tah v'-chas-d'-cha am zu ga-al-ta
(In Your Love, You lead the people You redeemed)
Na-chi-tah v'-chas-d'-cha am zu ga-al-ta
(In Your Love, You lead the people You redeemed)
A-shi-ra, a-shi-ra, A-shi-ra.......

The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II from The Sound of Music
	The hills are alive with the sound of music With songs they have sung for a thousand years The hills fill my heart with the sound of music My heart wants to sing every song it hears My heart wants to beat like the wings of a bird That rise from the lake to the trees My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies From a church on a breeze To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls Over stones on its way To sing through the night Like a lark who is learning to pray I go to the hills when my heart is lonely I know I will hear what I heard before My heart will be blessed With the sound of music And I'll sing once more

What is a Youth
by Nino Rota and Eugene Walter
from Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli, 1968)

What is a youth? Impetuous fire.
What is a maid? Ice and desire.
The world wags on....
A rose will bloom
It then will fade:
So does a youth,
So does the fairest maid.
Comes the time when one sweet smile
Has its season for a while
Then love's in love with me.
Some may think only to marry,
others will tease and tarry.
Mine is the very best parry.
Cupid he rules us all.
Caper the caper, sing me the song,
Death will come soon to hush us along.
Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall,
Love is a task and it never will pall.
Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall.
Cupid he rules us all.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
from The Wizard of Oz

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Some day I'll wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why, can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why, can't I?

Tootsie

It Might Be You
by David Grusin, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
from Tootsie

Time, I've been passing time
Watching trains go by,
All of my life, lyin' on the sand
Watching seabirds fly;
Wishing there would be
Someone waiting home for me;
Something's telling me it might be you,
It's telling me it might be you,
All of my life...

Looking back as lovers go walking past,
All of my life, wond'rin' how they met
And what makes it last;
If I found the place
Would I recognize the face;
Something's telling me it might be you,
Ya, it's telling me it might be you...

So many quiet walks to take,
So many dreams to wake,
Only so much love to make, oh;
I think we're gonna need some time,
Maybe all we need is time
And it's telling me it might be you,
All of my life...

I've been saving love songs and lullabies,
And there's so much more
No one's ever heard before;
Something's telling me it might be you,
Ya, it's telling me it must be you
And I'm feeling it'll just be you,
All of my life.

(Maybe) It's you, (it's you)
(Maybe) It's you, (it's you),
I've been waiting for all of my life